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Description

Description

Douglas Smith's work in the sanitary and environmental health departments gave him an unparalleled insight into the changing fortunes of the islands. In this book, he outlines his family story and writes of growing up and his schooldays in the very different town landscape of the thirties and as a youngster in wartime Shetland.

Author Biography

Douglas Campbell Smith was born in Lerwick in 1928 and educated at Lerwick's Infant and Central public schools and the Anderson Educational Institute. Conscripted into the R.A.F in 1946 he served in the United Kingdom and Egypt. On demobilisation in 1949 joined the Zetland County Council as apprentice county sanitary inspector. After qualifying at Heriot-Watt College in Edinburgh, he served in the sanitary and environmental health departments for the next 40 years as assistant, depute and eventually director of environmental health for Shetland Islands Council until his retirement in September 1989. This is his first book, although he has become a familiar writer with many articles published in local journals, mainly relating to the links between Shetland and Norway during the Second World War.

Key Features

Author(s)

Douglas Smith

Publisher

Shetland Times Ltd

Date of Publication

26/11/2009

Language

English

Format

Paperback

ISBN-10

1904746454

ISBN-13

9781904746454

Subject

Autobiography: General

Publication Data

Place of Publication

Shetland

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Shetland Times Ltd

Content Note

54 photos

Dimensions

Width

148 mm

Height

210 mm

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